Improvement in motive mechanism for carriages



KILNE'R 8L SIMMONS. Motive Power for Velooip-edes. No. 103,895. PatentedfiJune 7,1870.

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UNITED STATES PATENT? OFFIcE;

GEORGE KILNE-R AND FRANCES E. SIMMONS, 0 SULLIVAN, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOTIVE MECHANISM FOR CARRIAGiESQ Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 103,895, dated June 7, 1870.

To all whom it may concerit Be it known that we,- GEORGE KILNER and FRANcES H. SIMMONS, of Sullivan, in the county of Moultrie and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Motive Power for Carriages; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

. This invention relates to improvements in motive-power apparatus for land-carriages; and it consists in a combination of foottreadles, crank-shaft, pinion, master-wheel, pinions, and cog-rims, applicable to the pro- 'pnlsion of all land-carriages whether for road use or agricultural purposes, andvapplicable also for driving other machines.

. It also consists in improved steering appa ratns for the carriage to be propelled by the said improved motive power.

Figure 1 is a'longitudinal sectional elevation of our improved propelling apparatus applied to a four-wheeled vehicle for the attachment of plows, and Fig. 2 is aplan view'of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 1

-A represents a frarne,moun ted on an axle,

3, having driving-wheels Gpermanently attached to it. The other end of the frame is mounted on a bolster, D, pivoted in the ordinary wayto the axle E, on which the guidingwheels E are arranged.

G represents foot-treadles, hinged at one end to the cross-bar H, and rising at the other end up in front of the seat K for the operator, so as to be conveniently worked by him when sitting thereon. They are connected by rods 1 to the cranks of a shaft, L, supported in bearings M on the top of the frame A, and carrying a pinion, N, which gears with the master-wheel O on a transverse shaft, P, also mounted-Ion the frame A, and carrying pin-' ions Q, one on each end, gearing with the large cog-rims B attached to the spokes of the wheels 0. The cranks of shafts L are arranged on opposite'sides of the shafts, so that when one treadle is forced down by the foot the other is rising up to be similarly acted on. This shaft L also carries heavy balance-wheels S to carry the cranks over the centers.

T represents a windingdrum suspended from the under side of the front end of .the

frame A, and U is a belt or cord, made fast to it and to the axle E. It is so connected to the drum as to wind on one side asitwinds 011 the other side. This drum, or an extension, V, thereof, rises up through the frame, and carries a pulley, W, or arms, to which a guiding-cord, X, is attached, so that the operator, sitting on the seat K and propelling the machine by his feet, may also guide the machine.

It will be seen that by this arrangement of propelling apparatus the operators will be en- 'abled, by easy and quick movements of the feet, to apply very great propelling force to the wheels for drawing plows or other articles. Wehave in this example represented a plow, Z suspended from the beam H, so as to be drawn thereby; but other articles may be attached instead of plows.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- GEORGE KILNER. FRANCES H. SIMMQNS.-

Witnesses:

J OHN REESE, WALTER B. 

